Awards and Honors
- 1968: Grammy Award for Best Sacred Performance for "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere"
- 1969: Grammy for Best Sacred Performance (Non-Classical) for "Ain't That Beautiful Singing"
- 1970: Grammy for Best Sacred Performance (Musical) for "Everything Is Beautiful"
- 1981: Grammy for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional for "The Masters V"
- 1982: Inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame
- 1995: Inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, with a John Herbert Orr Pioneer Award
- 1997: Inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame.
- 1998: Inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Imperials
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